Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
82340
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/2003
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Bridge over River Clydach to S of Neath Abbey
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Dyffryn Clydach
Town
Neath
Locality
Neath Abbey
Easting
273826
Northing
197200
Street Side
Location
Situated crossing the River Clydach some 120m S of Neath Abbey ruins.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Bridge over River Clydach probably earlier C19. Unusual for being faced in square cast blocks of furnace slag.
Exterior
Bridge, single arch with cut stone voussoirs and rubble stone parapet, the rest of the bridge facing of squared blocks of ironworks slag, some blocks with relief markings IIV and VI. One quarter of the facing on NE quadrant has fallen into the canal.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as an earlier C19 bridge, unusual for being faced in square cast blocks of furnace slag. Group value with nearby canal structures also incorporating slag blocks.
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